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1^"* —j. "c. M OlilllS,
Attoru°y at 3L*<x'W,
CONYERS* GA.
lam ks M. levy;
Watchmaker & Jeweler,
** “ side of the Square,
G BORGIA,
•° r,SO ru prepared to Repair Watches, Clocks
JC workmen. All work warranted.
INSLEY,
watchmaker & Jeweler
, n,UT prepared to Repair Watches, Clock,
Is tuny V ,‘ n t|)C h( , <t Style, at short nonce.
wT!* Done at Old Prices, and Warranted.
P ao!.r below the Court Hot,se-6if
'"SrS DEASINC & PBIHCLE
W Vr.vr associated themselves in the lVac-
TT V .N f MRUtdNK and SLUGFRY, offer
I M- t,oc „f„„iomil services to the citizens of
their profession have opened on offi eon
pjewtoncouti y- Square, (next door to S'
L|,e East Si. e ,„ e prepared to attend to
■JsWALD B•■’ > 'Pl l .*y have also a carefully
fall calls promptly >
.elected assortment of the _
Varv Best Modi CPiIOS,
¥ a l\\\ eive their personal attention to Com
*Ufl Tin- Prescription., for Physician, and
others. .
Special attention given to Chronic Diseases
At night Dr. Dbaiung will be found at his
. , “ * lln J I)r, Psingle at his rooms imme
hlately°over the Store of C. ll.* Sanoes* & Bro.
mti y 15, 25tf
V. HENRY,
p B N T I S TANARUS,
COVCGTOS, GEORGIA.
I HAS REDUCED HIS PRICES, so
I |£jß34£ that all who have been so unfortu-
nate as to lose their natural Teeth
„„ have their places supplied by Art, at v.ry
..1 cost Teeth Filled at reasonable priees,
* and work faithfully executed, Office north side
,f Square. —1
" JOHN S. CARROLL,
dentist
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
Teeth Filled, or New Teeth Inserted, 1
the best Style, and on Reasonable Term.
Office Rear of R* King’s Store.—l Rtf
’ V Z~ ~ 1 would respectfully inf.,rm the
citizens of Newton, and adjoining
1 WtmZ&mk. counties, that I have opened ft
SADDLE and HARNESS SHOP
oTnorthside public square in COVINGTON,
ir'iere 1 am prepared to m ike 'o ord -r Harney
Radd'es, ,tc , or Repair the same at short notion,
and in the l.est style. R JlftOWN _
ANDERSON & HUNTER
Are constantly reociving
Fresh and Seasonable floods!
j All of wliicli they propose to Sell ftt the
t LOWEST CASH PRICES.
to:
( Are ftt.o closing out several lines of Good.
11 —A t and Below Cost! —
| AaE NT S FOR
Agricultural Implements,
I Clover and Grass Seeds,
And B»ver..l of the best
I STANDARD FERTILIZERS.
Jan. H,—46tf
GUN S , V I >TOL S ,
AND
C U ‘I 1 L E XL TST t
1
KIIAVE JUST RECEIVED MY FARE STOCK
of English GUNS and CUTLERY, imported di-
Inu the manufacturers in Birmington and
Id, which consists of the following artl
z:
BLE GUNS, of Powell’s and other makers
KET KNIVES, of Rogers’ and Wosten
make.
:rs’Best TABLE CUTLERY.
ill stock of COLT’S PISTOLS, Smith A
i’s CARTRIDGE PISTOLS, Remington,
tan and Whitney’s make.
DER, SHOT, CAPS, and FIXED AMMU-
N for all sized Pistols, at 243 Broad street
a, Georgia.
E* H. ROGERS.
REPAIRING and RESTOCKING done
ly and Warranted. ,^SSJ
20 1868. 2.3 m.
C. C OUR T hi E Y, * C 6.,
EMISSION MERCHANTS,
Bcycle’s Wharf, Charleston, S. C.
OtTRTXKY, ROUT. MCRDOCK, JAS. 9- MI’RUOCK
PHILLIPS,
ree Street, Atlanta, Georgia
i jiut received a Good Assortment of
El T 000 D S
AM)
Groceries,
whieh they offer nt
IIESALE AND RKTAI L
at very Low Figures.
!oods are all NEW, bought, from First
Hands, and they are determined
TO BE UNDERSOLD.
us a Call Before Purchasing.
promptly Filled at the Lowest Market
—6tf
C. & J . F. KISER,
V hole.ale and Retail Dealers in
and Fancy Dry Goods, Ynnkee No
tions, Hoots and Shoes, Hats,
Caps, and Straw floods,
U Y MA D E CLOTHING
Hd stand of Talley, Brown, it C 0.,)
Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.
THE 'GEORGIA ENTERPRISE.
DR. O. S. PROPHITT,
Covington Georgia.
Will still continue his business, where he intend*
keeping on hand a good supply of
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs,
Together with a Lot of
Botanic Medicines,
G eentrated Preparations, Fluid Extracts, ite.
He is also putting up his
Livor IMCodloinois,
FEM ALE TONIC, ANODYNE PAIN KILL IT
Vermifuge, Anil-Bilious IMlls,
and many other preparations,
Will give prompt attention to all orders.
PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Her, after NO MEDICINE WILL BE DELIV
EIIED. or SERVICE RENDERED,-except for
ITO -A. fi§ XI !-«
You nee not call unless you are prepared to
PAY CASH, for I will not Keep Books.
Oct, 11. 1867. O. S. PROPHITT.
wnCT-. '! ■a ■ ""“J 1
Rail Road Schedules.
CJeorgia Railroad.
E. W. COLE, General Superintendent.
Day Passenger Train (Sundays excepted,Heaves
Augusta at 7 am; leave Atlanta at 5 a m ; ar
rive at Augusta at 3.45 p in ; arrive at Atlanta at 6.30
11 Night Passenger Train ’.eaves Augusta at 10
p.m ; leaves Atlanta nt 5.40 p m ; arrives at Augusta
at 3 00 a m ; arrives at Atlanta at 7.45 am.
Passengers for Milledgeville, Washington and
Athens Ga., must take the day passenger train from
Augusta and Atlanta, or intermediate points
Passengers for West Point, Montgomery, Selma,
and intermediate points, can take either train. For
Mobile, and-New Orleans, must leave Augusta on
Night Passenger Train, at 10 p. m.
Pnsscnijurs for Nashville, Corinth, Grand June
tion, Memphis, Louisville, and St. Louis, can take
either traiu and make close connections.
Tiirough Tickets and baggage checked through
to the above places. Sleeping cars on all night pas
senger trains.
MACON k AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
F.. W. COLE, Gen’l Sup’t.
Leave Camak daily at 12.40 r. m.: arrive at Milledgc
ville at 4.20 p. m.; leave Milledgeville at 0.4., A. M.;
arrive at Camak nt 10.15 A. M. . _
Passengers leaving any point on the Georgia K.
R bv Day Passenger . rain, will make close connec
tion at Camak for Milledgeville, Eatonton, and a 1
intermediate points on the Macon it Augusta road,
and for Macon. Passengers leaving Milledgeville
at 0.45 A. tit., reach Atlanta and Augusta the same
SOUTH CAROL'NA RAILROAD.
If. T. Pea xe. General Sup’t.
Special mail train, coing North, leaves Augusta at
3 55 a in. arrives at Kingsville at 11.15 a in ; leaves
Kingsville at 13.05 pm, Arrives at Augusta at • *>
p. *in. This train is designed especially foi tnrougn
Tlie train for Charleston leaves Augusta at 6 am,
ami arrives at Charleston at 3.9 p m ; leaves Charles
ton at 8 am, and arrives at Augusta at 5p m.
Night special freight and express tram leaves Au
gusta (Siindavs excepted! at 3.50 p m and arrives at
Charleston at 4.30 a m ; leaves Charleston at <*3o p
m, and arrives at Augusta at 6.45 a m.
WESTERN & ATLANTIC R. ft.
Cor.. F.. Tliti.rert, General Superintendent.
Daily passenger train, except Sunday, leaves At
lanta at 8.15 a in, and arrives at Chattanooga at 4.40
pin ; Feaves Chattanooga at 4.40 am, and arrives at
Atlanta at 2 p in. . , ... . ....
Ni"-!it express passenger train leaves Atlanta at n.4.>
p m and Chattanooga at 4.10 ain ; leaves
Chattanooga at 5.50 pm, and arrives at Atlanta at
3.35 a m.
MACON <fe WESTERN RAILROAD.
E. B. Walker, Qen’l Sup’t.
Day passenger train leaves Maeon at 7.45 am, and
arrives at Atlanta at 2 p in ; leaves Atlanta at 8.15
a.:n, and arrives at Maeon at 1.30 p m
Nio-lit passenger tram leaves Atlanta at 8.10 p m,
and arrives at Maeon at 4.35 a in ; leaves Macon at
8.30 p m, and arrives nt Atlanta at 4.30 a m.
Hotels.
United States Hotel.
ATLANTA GEORGIA
WHITAKER & SASSEEN, Proprietors.
Within One Hundred Yards of the General Passen
ger Depot, corner Alabama and Prior streets,
americ am hotel,
Alabama street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Nearest house to the Passenger Depot.
WHITE A WHITLOCK, Prc ictors.
W. D. Wiley, Clerk.
Having re-leased and renovated ie above
Hotel we are prepared to entertain nests in a
most’satisfactory manner.' Chare s fair and
moderate. Our efforts will be to .ease.
carried to and from Depot rcc of charge
FARE REDUCED!
AUGUSTA HOTEL.
THIS’FIRST CLASS HOTEL is situated on
Broad Street, Central to the business por
tion of the City, and convenient to the Tele
graph and Express Offices The House is large
and commodious, nnd has been renovated and
newly painted from garret to cellar, andjthe
bedding nearlv all new since the war. The
rooms are large and airy ; clean beds, and the
fare as good as the country affords, and atten
tive and polite servants.
Charges. — Two Dollars per day.
Single Meals ib Cents.
I I ope to merit a liberal share of patronage
fiom tlie traveling public.
Give me a trial and judge for vourselves
S. M. JONES, Propr.
PAVILION hotel.
Cbar'eston, S. 0,
BOARD PER DAT, *3.
A Butterkikld, Mrs H. L. Lcttlbfie,
Supei intendent Pioprntr.
WM. H. COODRICH ,
SASH, BLINDS. AMD DOORS,
On hand, and made to Order.
August* 386 m Georgia
COVINGTON GA., MAdCll 10, 1869.
Into Eternity.
We were young and foolish, she and 1,
As we nrnnicd the summer woods,
Where the flowers grow and the breezes sigh,
And the pine tree gravely nods;
And tolil her of u promised home,
Beyond the wido troubled sea,
Where she and l together uvight roam
into eternity.
And I held her own ir. my burning hand,
As we stood’neath the nodding pine,
While I spoke of that far off golden land,
Which flows with oil and wine,
And I saw her face, like an angel’s face,
And her blue eyes turned on me—
‘l w ould follow yov, love, from place to place,
Into •ternity.”
We were voung and foolish, she and I,
As we roamed ihoso summer woods,
And I think, with a weary, bitter sigh,
Os the place where the piue tree nods;
For a distant home that I told her ot,
Across the troubled sea,
Is tho land where angels dwell in love—
luto eternity.
In my dreams alone I am with her there,
And I hold her patient hand ;
But I still keep looking for my share
Os that long-promised land—
Where once again on her angel face
That glad light I may see,
And by her side I shall take my place
Through all eternity.
*—
Knowledge.
In what rare region of the soul
Shall I yet know thee as thou art,
Thine holier self, whom now I *»ok,
With tearful eyes undyearning hcari?
Now while life goes forth to moot
Thy finer spirit all untsert,
I see the shade of human birth,
And all the body’s veil between. 4
While in all lowliness I’d show
The gentler life 1 live apart,
Th. u see’st its fairest outline lost
In some infirmity ol lieart.
Yet in how many a deed and word
Our inner sight may catch the gleam
Cast by the angel ol the heart,
The lovelier self of which we dream.
The nearest watch so far apart.
The dearest stand and knock without;
'Twixt hearts, nor life nor death can part
Comes withering fear and cruel doubt.
I deem, that in no distant day.
The best in each shall each desciy ;
No blinding sense shall dim the rav,
Nor mar the love that Cannot die.
Then lifted far from life's turmoil,
From every curse of human fate,
In some Tare region of the soul,
Our hearts redeemed may meet and mate.
A Din uhard on Fire.
Dr N >tt, in his Lectures, gives the following
account of a man about twenty five years of
age:
“lie bad b*en an habitual JritrknT for many
years. I saw him alxrat nine o'clock in the
evening on which it happened ; hut then he
was as full as usual—nut drunk, but full of
liquor. About eleven o'clock the same even
ing I was called to see him. I found him
literally roasted from the crown of his head to
the soles of his feet! He was found in a
blacksmith’s shop.
The owner all of a sudden discovered an ex
tensive light in his shop, as though the whole
building was in a general flame. Reran with
great orecipitancy, and on throwing open the
door, discovered a man standing erect in the
midst of a widely extended *ilver colored flame,
hearing, as he described it, exactly the appear
ance nf the wick of a burning candle in the
midst of its own flame. He seized him (the
drunkard) by the shoulder, jerked him to the
door, upon which the flame was instantly ex
tinguished. There wa* no fire in the shop*
neither watotliere a possibility of any firchav,
ing been communicated to him from any exter
na? source. It was purely a case of spontane
ous ignition. A general sloughing soon came
on, and his flesh was consumed or removed iu
the dressing, leaving the bones and a few of
the large blood vessels ; the blood nevertheless
rallied around the heart and maintained the
vital spark until the thirteenth day, when ho
died, not only the most loathsome, ill-featured
picture that was ever presented to human view,
but his shrieks, his groans, and his lamenta
tions also were enough to rend a heart *ji
adamant. lie complained of no pain es body ;
his flesh was gone. He said he was suffering
the torments of hell—that he was just upon
the threshold, and would soon enter its dismal
caverns; and in this frame of mind he gave
up the ghost. Oh ! the death of a drunkard !
Well may it be said to beggar all description !
I have seen other drunkards die, but never in
a manner so awful and affecting. ’
Character. —Have you ever watched an
icicle as it formed ? You noticed how it frozo
one drop at a time, the icicle remaieing clear
and sparkling brightly in the sun ; but if tho j
water were slightly muddy the ieiole looked
foul, and its beauty was spoiled. Just so our
characters are forming. One little thought or
feeling at a time adds its influence. If every
thought be pure and right, the soul will be
lovely and will sparkle with happiness, but if
impure and wrong, there will be a final defor
mity and wretchedness.
Scolding, says a good-for-nothing old batch
elor, is the pepper of matrimony, and the la
dies are pepper boxes. i
lllood, awl Crime, and Outrage.
President Grant, among liis very first official
acts, manifested that he did not appreciate, or
did not care to fulfill his famous declaration,
“ Lot tis have peace. ’ Did ho really desire
pence and tranquillity for the tAvpiv of the
whole Union tiu never would have been guilty
of the insult he has offered the people of Lou
i iana in sending Philip Sheridan to tho com
mand of that department.
The President must remember the serious
results of Sheridan's rule in that portion of
the country, immediately after tho passage of
the Reconstruction acts. There was not a
military department so prolific ol outrages, of
murders, of deeds of the blackest character, as
the Fifth Military District at that time. The
lifo of a white man was not safe, thero was no
protection for his family, and his property was
at the mere}' of the despot. Negroes, carpet
baggers, and scalawags domineered over all,
outraged, murdered, and plundered, at their
descrction, and in the commission of their
crimes they were protected by order of King
Sheridan.
* The depraved and hardened criminal, guilty
of the wSTst crimes known to man, needed only
to substantiate that lie was loyal or with negro
blood in his veins, to sccuro exemption from
punish inent.
There was not « civil law that could lie en
forced, if that civil law interfered in the slight
est with the desjiotic desires of the gracioUc
satrnp.’whose ambition vtafr to make war and
not peace; judges and juries were made to
give way before arrogant orders from head
quarters ; civil officers who had been elected
by the people under the laws of the State were
driven from their offices, which were tilled by
the disreputable loyal plunderer* who followed
the invading army South ; the laws and con
stitution* that lmd been made by the people
for their safety and protection were annulled
without hesitation, when they in the least dis
pleased the unprincipled ruler, and his sole
ambition appeared to be to perpetrate the worst
outrages upon a bravo people, who, subdued
by overwhelming number, had laid down their
arms and confessed they submitted to the sit
uation in good faith, and only desired to be
permitted to go about their business and
regain what they had lost by the misfortunes
of war.
Tho cowardly, contemptible, and brutal
course of Sheridan, and liis total ignorance of
anything decent, compelled his removal by the
President, in order to prevent the total disrup
tion of the civil government, of trade, of com
merce, and society.
The fact that Grant has sent this brutal cow
ard again to domineer over that people who
have almost completely overcome the fearful
disorder he had previously instigated, does not
prove a triumph for Sheridan, but gives the
most conclusive evidence of Grant's revengeful
spirit, and that lie tacks that beautiful and
distinguishing trait in the character of a true
and gallant soldier—magnanimity to an over
powered foe.
With such a spirit predominating in the ad
ministration of the new President, this country
cannot expect a Tcstpralion of peace and pros
jicrity, hut only a continuance of the b!oody (
accursed and criminal rule of despotic Radical
ism.—N. Y. Democrat.
r*uyin?s by (irea't Men.
Talkative persons seldom read. This is
among the few truths which appear the more
we reflect upon them. For what is reading
but silent conversation ?
There is a comfort in strength of love.—
'Twill make a thing endurable which else
would overset the brain or break the heart.
Resist with care the spirit of innovation upon
the principles of your government, however
specious the pretexts.
He who telis a lie is not sensible how great
a task he undertake*, for ha must be forced to
tell twenty more to maintain it.
I would rather my daughter should have a
man without money than money without a
man.
What you leave niter your death let it he,
without controversy, else the lawyers will be
your heirs.
The greatest friend to truth is time i her
greatest enemy is prejudice ; and her constant
companion is humility.
An idle reason lessens the weightof the good
one you gave before.
Give your son a trade, and you do more for
him than by giving him a fortune.
Costly apparatus and splendid cabinets have
no power to make scholars.
The troubles of the country come from un
easy politicians ; its safety from the tranquil
masses. *
A Plea for the I-ittle Folks.
Don’t expect too much of of them l ; it has
taken forty years, it may be, to make you what
you are, with all their lessons of experience.
Above all, don't expect judgment in a child,
or patience under trials. Sympathize in their
mistakes and troubles; don’t ridicule them.—
Remember not to measure a child's trials by
your standard, “As ono whom his mother
comforteth,” says the inspired writer, and
beautifully doe* he convey to us the deep
faithful love that ought to be found in every
woman’s heart, tho unfailing sympathy with
all her children’s griefs.
Let the memories of their childhood be m
bright as you can niako them. Grant them
every innocent pleasure in your power. We
have often felt our temper rise to see how care
lessly their plans were thwarted by older per
son", when a Httle trouble on their pafrt would
have given the child pleasure,* the memory of
which would last a lifetime. Lastly, don’t
think a child a hopeless case, because it betrays :
gome very bad habits.
Abolitionism.
The Columbus, Ohio, Crisis thus defines ab
olitionism :
The Alwlitionists, pretending to love liberty,
liavo extended slavery. Calling themselves
Unionists,they haveconsununatediind n a nfe-t
--ed disunion. Affecting economy, they have
given us the << silliest government on earth.—
Prating of virtue, they have made it the most
corrupt. Clamoring for equal rights, they pro
scribe more pooplo than any monarchy in
Christendom. Invoking freedom, they estab
lish arid sustain the darkest despotism in the
eleven State*. Professing tolerance, they pro
claim acceptance to their creed, and the alter
native of ostracism und disfranchisement.—
Howling about purifying the government, they
have made office holding and dishonesty ident
ical. Preaching about principle, they subsiet
by passion and prejudice. Deploring caste,
they elevate blacks above whites in ono third of
the country. Magnifying loyalty, they have
trampled out every worthy principle in our
system. Claiming statesmanship, their officials
are either conspirators or thieves, l’,audit,‘g
independence, they arc servile slaves to a party
caucus*. Pretending to invite criticism, they
stifle freedom of debate in Congress by party
rules, and drown it elsewhere in blood. In
sisting upon peace, they prolong the old war,
and strive to stir up anew one. They have
made anarchy and call it peace. Profession
without sincerity is their programme, to be
carried out by tyranny. Their creed is hypoc
risy, their end is despotism.
Terrible Murder.
The Wilmington, (N. C.) Star has the fol
lowing :
On Wednesday morning week, Mr. Thomas
Pcnnfietd, residing with his brother Levi,
about 7 milessouthwestof Rockville, went into
the woods to chop wood. As he left tho honse
he took from his trunk about $l5O, which he
had recently received. Nothing was heard
from him until Saturday, when his son-in-law,
Mr. Hill, went in search of him, and found
him in the woods, about 300 yards from the
house, foully murdered, lying against a tree
which he had partly felled. Upon examina
tion, a ghastly opening was found in the hack
part of his head, a whole load of shot having
passed through, and come out just below the
eve. Some of the shot were found imbedded
in the tree. The money which he took with
him, and a pair of new boots, which he had
on his feet, were taken and carried off. Jus
tice Lansdale summoned a jury of inquest,
who returned a verdict that deceased came to
his death by a shot from a gun in the hands of
a person to the jurors unknown.
Sincerity.
Give me sincere friends, or none. This hol
low glitter of smiles and words—compliment*
that mean nothing, protestations of affection
as solid as the froth on champaign—invitations
that are but pretty sentences, uttered because
such things are customary—are worthless to
me.
There is no need of them. It is proper to
lie civil and courteous to the moat indifferent
atrangor, but why assume friendship's outward
show when no reality underlies it.
When one feels friendship, the object of that
sentiment cannot suffer, and leave our hearts
untroubled—cannot be slandered, leaving us
unharmed. To seo our friend successful, even
beyond our power of success, it is a great joy
to us; to hear that friend applauded is a
pleasure. Yet, every day, men who fancy
themselves friends, show mean envy of each
other’s luoky hits, and women who kiss on both
oheeks when they meet, will whisper treach
erous little things of each other.
It is not sincere to praise everybody. It
sounds amiablo ; but men canuot all be ‘charm
ing,’ and women all ‘so sweet.’ I like to
know from the,speeeh of man or woman that
this one is a friend ; that, a mere acquain
tance. I think that warm-hearted people
are never general admirers. All can
not he loved sincerely; all cannot bo really
pleasant.
We have read something from Mr. Grant on
law. Will lie read a word thereon from u»?
He says:
All laws will be faithfully executed, whether
they meet my approval or not.
Now why all laws, Mr. Grant? Will you
point us to the defined Presidential duty in
Art. 11., Sec. 3, CL 1 of the Constitution of the
United States. “He shall take care that the
laws ho faithfully executed ”T If »o, we will
point you in turn to the defined meaning of
“the laws’’ in Art. VI. Cl. 2' of this wine Con
stitution. “This Constitution, and the laws of
the United States which shall be made in pur
auance thereof, and all treaties mad* or which
shall be made under the authority of the United
States, shall be the supreme law of the land.”
It is not “all laws,” then, that you are bound
to execute, but “the laws of the United State*
which shall bs made in pursuance” of the
Constitution.—[World.
A writer very correctly remarks : “God
looks not at the oratory of your prayors, how
elegant they may be ; nor at the geometry of
your prayers, how long they may be ; nor at
the arithmetic of your payers, how many they
may be ; nor at the logic of your prayers, how
methodical thsy may be : but the sincerity He
looks at,”
A correspondent of the Menasha (vV is.)
Times relates a case where a young man cu
his foot badly with an ax, and all efforts to
stop the flow of blood had failed, and he had
nearly bled to death, when a kind neighbor
applied a “puff ball” to the wound—and the
flow of blood was immediately stopped, and
his life saved.
VOL 4. NO. 18
Cirfrry O’Lanus on Boys.
Some things may be said in favor of boys |
some trades would not live without them. The
glass-put-in-men: wouldn’t have much to do,
and putty would he in the decline, if there
wore no boys to break the windows.
Thero would be no customers for the cast-,
iron peaches and green apples whieh come
early in the seasons ; but for the boys the doc
tors wouldn’t have so nSYPcb’ to do in curing
cases of cholera morbus arising therefrom.' >
Boys can be useful when they have a mind
to, and can soil newspapers, black boots, hold
horses, and do chores.
In printing offices the boys are known ae
devils-printers have a plain way of speak
'nK- <. ... .
Boys individually are better than boye eol
lectively.
If there were only one boy in the world, I
think he would be a good boy ; it generally
takes at least two’ boys to get up any mi»*
chief.
Have one boy in a store and you can have
him useful.
Hire a seeond boy, and their time will be
chiefly devoted to ebaeing one another over
the counter, and firing the dust brueh and dl»
rectory at each other's hoods.
A boy begins to be a nuisance when be »•
eight years old. now s<x>n he grow* out of
it depend* on circumstances. Some nevwf
do.
It ie questionable whether boye lead an en»
joyable existence. They take a great deal of
fun at other people's expense, but they hare
most always got grievance*. They would like
to have their own way a little more, and •
pretty way it wMiltf be.
Give a boy a chidce of all oeeupationa {a
life, and the chancee are that he would prefer
either to be a Robinson Crusoe on a desert in
land, or a captain of a band of robber*, such
as he had read about, and seriously thinks of
going into one or the ether of these desirable
occupations when he gete to be a man. He
has a great respect for a stage driver or a cap
tain of a canal boat—there is an idea of
command in these positions that takes his
ideas. His idea of being a man is, having
plenty of money, doing wlntf you please, and
being able to smoke or chew tobaooo without
getting sick over it.
Somebody wrote a song, “Would I were a
boy again.” Those who had the bringing up
of him are not likely to have the same senti
ment. Raising a boy onee is as much as any
body want* to undergo, snd fortunately, when
theyonco grow up, they stay growed up, and
have children of their own to afflict them.
frit and Wisdom.
Ths bride's orange blossom often bears bitter
fruit.
Many a theory won’t bear the broad day
light of fact.
Mushes' atrer flying colors which maidens
carry becomingly.
Carpets are bought by the yard, and worn
by the foot.
Opportunities, like eggs, must be hatched
when they are fresh.
Death once seen at our hearth leareth a
shadow which abideth forever.
Good word* and good deeds are the rent we
owe for the air we breathe.
The bases of civilization are manners, eew
versation, labor and virtue.
Moderation is the silken string running
through tho chain of an the virtues.
It is not so honorable to descend from n high
anststry os to asoend from a low one.
It would be well if somo dreams were real
ities, and many more realities dreams.
The first and greatest thing in rhetoric is to
have something to say.
The sweetest wine of love, a single hot ray
of anger may sharpen into vinegar.
Be not all sugar, or the world will sw allow
thee 5 nor all wormwood, or it will spit thee
out.
Scandal ie a bit of false money, and he who
passe* it frequently is as bad as he who origi*
nally utters it.
Be deaf to the quarrelsome, blind to the
ecorner, and dumb to thoso who are mischiev
ously inquisitive.
Censure is the mo%t effectual when mixed
with praiso. So when a fault ie discovered it
is well to look up a virtue to bear it com
pany.
Misunderstanding and inattention create
more uneasiness in the world than deception
and artifice ; or, at least, their consequences
are more universal.
Politeness may prevent the want of wit and
talent from being observed ; but wit and tal
ent cannot prevent the discovery of the want
of politeness.
Knowledge always desires increase; it ie
like fire, whieh must be firet kinged by some
external agent, but which will afterwards pro
pagate itself.
Many Christians are like chestnuts—very
pleasant nuts—but inclosed in very prickly
burrs, which need various dealings of nature
and her grip of frost, before the kernel is die*
cloaed.
When God crowne os, he doth bat crown
his own gifts in us; and when we giro God
the glory of all we do, we do but give Ilim
that which is due unto hia name, for it is he
and he alone that works all our works in nr
and for *ts;
It seems strange that we of the present da/
arc constantly praising that past age which
our fathers abused, and as constantly abusing
the present ago which our children will
praise.
Beauty has its privileges. A woman who
ha* plainness of countenance must not indulge
hi tho luxury of plainness of speech.
A wife's bosom should be tho tomb of her
husband’s failings, and his character far more
1 valuable" in her estimation than his life.